Academic Word List word formation challenge game

Choose one of the words below that you think you can make many true statements. Make those statements one by one, stopping whenever you are not sure if you can do so accurately anymore. You will get one point for each correct statement, but will lose all the points from that round if you say anything wrong and play will pass to the next person or team. If something you say is debatable, you won’t get a point for that thing but you can continue with other statements. Things you can say (in any order):

–Meanings

–Parts of speech (of the form here or other forms)

–Grammar (e.g. countable or uncountable)

–Differences in British and American English

–Irregular forms (e.g. irregular plurals such as Latin plurals)

Regular plurals and -ing and –ed forms of verbs will not be accepted, though adjectives with those forms are fine. Prefixes are also very welcome. The forms must make sense as well as be grammatical possible, particularly with adverbs.

abandon academy access accommodate

accompany accumulate accurate achieve

acknowledge acquire adapt adequate

adjust administrate adult advocate

affect aggregate aid allocate

alter ambiguous amend analogy

analyse anticipate append appreciate

approach appropriate approximate arbitrary

assemble assess assign assist

assume assure attach attain

attitude attribute author authority

automate available aware benefit

bias brief bulk capable

capacity category cease challenge

chart cite civil clarify

coherent coincide collapse commence

comment commit communicate compatible

compensate compile complement complex

compute conceive concept conclude

concurrent confer confine confirm

conflict conform consent consequent

consist constitute constrain construct

consult consume contact context

contradict contrary contrast contribute

controversy convene converse convert

convince coordinate correspond criteria

cycle data debate deduce

define definite demonstrate deny

derive detect deviate differentiate

diminish discrete discriminate displace

dispose distinct distort distribute

diverse document domestic dominate

economy edit eliminate emerge

emphasis empirical enforce enhance

enormous environment equate equivalent

erode error establish estimate

ethic ethnic evaluate eventual

evident evolve exceed exclude

expand expert exploit expose

external facilitate federal final

finance finite flexible focus

formula found function fund

globe hierarchy hypothesis identify

ideology illustrate immigrate implicate

impose incidence incline incorporate

indicate individual inevitable infer

inhibit initiate injure innovate

insight institute instruct integrate

intense interact internal interpret

invest investigate involve isolate

item justify legal legislate

liberal licence link locate

logic maintain manipulate margin

mature mental method migrate

minor modify motive neutral

normal obtain occupy occur

orient parallel participate passive

period persist phenomenon philosophy

precede precise predict predominant

presume principle priority proceed

process professional prohibit promote

proportion prospect rational react

recover refine regulate relevant

reluctance rely remove reside

resolve resource respond restore

restrain restrict retain reveal

reverse revise revolution rigid

schedule scheme secure select

sequence sex significant similar

simulate specify sphere stable

statistic structure submit subordinate

subsidy substitute successor sufficient

sum supplement survive suspend

sustain symbol terminate text

theme theory thesis tradition

transfer transit uniform unify

utilise valid vary visible

visual

Suggested answers

Please note that this is not the whole Academic Word List, as words with no other parts of speech or only really obvious ones have been removed.